RVICS in the Wintertime

After a winter of ice and snow and cold, we are now at our new RVICS project in Marianna, Florida, at Blue Springs Baptist Conference Center. You might think that February in Florida means warmth and sunshine, we can say that is only about a half truth. Since we have arrived, we have had beautiful clear, blue skies for the most part but it isn’t totally warm yet. Still better than Hartford City, Indiana. We were very concerned about being able to drive the RV out with ice on the ground. However, the 2 days before we decided to head out, the sun came out and it got to around 40 degrees. Most of the snow and ice came off the RV with a little help from Don. He got on top and threw the last ½ inch of ice off to the ground. We had a very nice, safe drive south and just missed the terrible ice and snow storm that just went through the south by a couple of days.

We are still learning about this conference center that we will call home for the next month. On this particular project we are from five different states---New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan and, of course, Indiana. This is the first time that we have worked with any of these couples. In addition, to the RVICS, Campers on a Mission have 4 couples volunteering here also.

Already we know that we have wonderful couples to work with. We are the “youngins”. Today, we started our official work. The ladies cleaned and did laundry At this time, I don’t believe they have paid staff to do this work but are dependent on volunteers. The men are painting and doing some chair rail. On Wednesday, a shipment of doors are to arrive that will need finishing and then will be hung.

Please pray with us as we do our work -----for safety and health. We are aware that some of the older ones of the group have limited physical function in some areas due to their health.